WEST SABINE PLAYER DROWNS IN RED HILLS
Published 6:20 pm Friday, August 5, 2016
PINELAND — A West Sabine High School football player drowned Thursday afternoon at Red Hills Lake, DailyNewsAndMore.com reported.
Donovan Grisby, who would have turned 19 on Aug. 22, was to be a senior at West Sabine. He died at the lake located about 10 miles north of Hemphill off of U.S. 87 in the Sabine National Forest. The lake is more than 120 miles north of Port Arthur.
Investigators told KFDM-TV Grisby became entangled in underwater vegetation in 17-deep water. Divers recovered his body, according to the station.
Grisby wore No. 50 for West Sabine.
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I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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